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Roundup: Recalls Linked to Chopped Onion Listeria Risk

The July 18 recallof chopped onions from one California farm has rippled through the food chain and triggered numerous other product recalls in the ensuing weeks due to fears the onions were contaminated with Listeria.

Food Safety News has been tracking those recalls as they’re announced, compiling them into several stories over the last two weeks, since the U.S. Food and Drug Administration first found Listeria on a random sample of diced yellow onions grown and distributed by Gills Onions, LLC, of Oxnard, CA.

So far, no cases of Listeria infection have been

Today, we have rounded all of those recalls onto one simple page for ease of reference:

1. First, there was the recall that started it all:

On July 18 Gills Onions recalled numerous onion and celery products that shipped between July 2 and 4, 2012 to retailers and processors in Canada and eight U.S. states: CA, MT, OK, OR, PE, TX, UT and WA.

– Mango Salsa (7 oz) marked with UPC 892210001362, lot code MS21991 and a best by date of 8/14/12

– Spinach Feta Dip (7 oz) marked with UPC 892210001461, lot code FS21931 and a best by date of 8/8/12

– Famous Thick Salsa (7 oz) marked with UPC 892210001089, lot code FT21921 and a best by date of 8/7/12

– Salsa Cream Cheese (7 oz) marked with UPC 892210001126, lot code SC21931 and a best by date of 8/8/12

Sartori notified Whole Foods of the recall on Friday, July 20 and requested that Whole Foods withdraw all affected products from its shelves. Whole Foo
ds stores that had received the foods are located in the following states: AR, CO, CT, KS, KY, LA, MA, NJ, NM, NY, OR, PA, RI, TX, UT, VA and WA.

3. On July 25, Gills Onionsexpanded its recall to include more varieties of diced onions and celery.

13. Ken’s Foods Inc. of Marlborough, Mass. is recalling its tartar sauce, barbecue sauce and coleslaw sold under various names.

– KE0666-Ken’s Tartar Sauce4/1-gallon containers MFG: 09/JUL/12

– KE0666A5-Ken’s Tartar Sauce 100/1.5oz cups EXP: 011313

– DI2063-Dickey’s BBQ Bean10/48oz pouches USE BY: 11MAR13

– GD2517-Golden Corral Tartar 4/1-gallon containers MFG: 17/JUL/12

– FQ2103-Lee’s Cole Slaw 14/40oz pouches MFG: 23JUL12

– FD0666-Fatz Tartar Sauce 4/1-gallon containers MFG: 23/JUL/12

The products were distributed to distribution centers, private label customers and brokers in the in Alabama, Florida, Georgia, Illinois, Kentucky, Mississippi, North Carolina, Nebraska, New Mexico, Nevada, Ohio, Oklahoma, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Wisconsin. All companies who purchased these items have been notified of the recall and asked to remove the products from the market.

14. Garden Fresh Foods of Milwaukee, Wisconsin has recalled 13,600 pounds of salad products produced between July 10 and 16:

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